diff --git a/libavcodec/aac_ac3_parser.c b/libavcodec/aac_ac3_parser.c
index 1193647e90b8e1ce41377bb7b9c73680ccbf5435..c72965a76f9c424a070322f0903b81abe7492b3b 100644
--- a/libavcodec/aac_ac3_parser.c
+++ b/libavcodec/aac_ac3_parser.c
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ int ff_aac_ac3_parse(AVCodecParserContext *s1,
                      const uint8_t *buf, int buf_size)
 {
     AACAC3ParseContext *s = s1->priv_data;
-    AACAC3FrameFlag frame_flag;
     const uint8_t *buf_ptr;
     int len;
 
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ int ff_aac_ac3_parse(AVCodecParserContext *s1,
 
         if (s->frame_size == 0) {
             if ((s->inbuf_ptr - s->inbuf) == s->header_size) {
-                len = s->sync(s, &frame_flag);
+                len = s->sync(s);
                 if (len == 0) {
                     /* no sync found : move by one byte (inefficient, but simple!) */
                     memmove(s->inbuf, s->inbuf + 1, s->header_size - 1);
diff --git a/libavcodec/aac_ac3_parser.h b/libavcodec/aac_ac3_parser.h
index ec9ce48a4a210e19a55aa1213ea6c5f482f2e445..f93f8a81e96a032304ddcef972b888a152f082a3 100644
--- a/libavcodec/aac_ac3_parser.h
+++ b/libavcodec/aac_ac3_parser.h
@@ -26,17 +26,11 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include "avcodec.h"
 
-typedef enum{
-    FRAME_COMPLETE,    ///< Complete frame, ends previous frame
-    FRAME_START,       ///< Frame start, ends previous frame
-    FRAME_CONTINUATION ///< Part of the previous frame
-}AACAC3FrameFlag;
-
 typedef struct AACAC3ParseContext {
     uint8_t *inbuf_ptr;
     int frame_size;
     int header_size;
-    int (*sync)(struct AACAC3ParseContext *hdr_info, AACAC3FrameFlag *flag);
+    int (*sync)(struct AACAC3ParseContext *hdr_info);
     uint8_t inbuf[8192]; /* input buffer */
 
     int channels;
diff --git a/libavcodec/aac_parser.c b/libavcodec/aac_parser.c
index 2e4334f440537bfd2f0d85181b709cc7459fe09c..8715ce6b753f19da391544e899ddced0afa8bb89 100644
--- a/libavcodec/aac_parser.c
+++ b/libavcodec/aac_parser.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 #define AAC_HEADER_SIZE 7
 
-static int aac_sync(AACAC3ParseContext *hdr_info, AACAC3FrameFlag *flag)
+static int aac_sync(AACAC3ParseContext *hdr_info)
 {
     GetBitContext bits;
     int size, rdb, ch, sr;
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ static int aac_sync(AACAC3ParseContext *hdr_info, AACAC3FrameFlag *flag)
     hdr_info->sample_rate = ff_mpeg4audio_sample_rates[sr];
     hdr_info->samples = (rdb + 1) * 1024;
     hdr_info->bit_rate = size * 8 * hdr_info->sample_rate / hdr_info->samples;
-    *flag = FRAME_COMPLETE;
 
     return size;
 }
diff --git a/libavcodec/ac3_parser.c b/libavcodec/ac3_parser.c
index d0a22b99500552e94314aecd6d368d8e5ff8080c..bc728c19dab40df12f57da26c5db3d9263cd36a5 100644
--- a/libavcodec/ac3_parser.c
+++ b/libavcodec/ac3_parser.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ int ff_ac3_parse_header(const uint8_t buf[7], AC3HeaderInfo *hdr)
     return 0;
 }
 
-static int ac3_sync(AACAC3ParseContext *hdr_info, AACAC3FrameFlag *flag)
+static int ac3_sync(AACAC3ParseContext *hdr_info)
 {
     int err;
     AC3HeaderInfo hdr;
@@ -138,17 +138,6 @@ static int ac3_sync(AACAC3ParseContext *hdr_info, AACAC3FrameFlag *flag)
     hdr_info->channels = hdr.channels;
     hdr_info->samples = AC3_FRAME_SIZE;
 
-    switch(hdr.frame_type){
-        case EAC3_FRAME_TYPE_INDEPENDENT:
-            *flag = FRAME_START;
-            break;
-        case EAC3_FRAME_TYPE_DEPENDENT:
-            *flag = FRAME_CONTINUATION;
-            break;
-        case EAC3_FRAME_TYPE_AC3_CONVERT:
-            *flag = FRAME_COMPLETE;
-            break;
-    }
     return hdr.frame_size;
 }